Teachings
Teachings on the Buddhist worldview from introductory talks to comprehensive explanations of the stages of the path to awakening.
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Selflessness of phenomena
A teaching on the selflessness of phenomena and how to investigate an object.
View PostReview of the four truths
Reviewing Chapter 1, covering four truths and sixteen attributes of the four truths.
View Post100,000 Bows Toward Full Awakening
A wide-ranging Q&A session on spiritual practice with two monks from Clear Mountain Monastery.
View PostThe root of samsara
Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, explaining how different tenet systems describe what is the root…
View PostAttachment and anger
Commenting on Verses 66-74 of Chapter 6, discussing the relationship between attachment and anger and…
View PostAnalyzing the basis of self
Characteristics of belief in a self-sufficient substantially existent self and meditations on selflessness and emptiness.
View PostFirst-link ignorance
Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, explaining the specific scope of the first-link, ignorance and the…
View PostCounteracting anger
Covering Verses 62-66, leading a discussion on working with the self-centered thought and describing more…
View PostTypes of selflessness
A teaching on the types of selflessness and the three levels of selflessness of persons.
View PostApplying karma to our lives
Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, applying karma to the recent trial and describing the Rice…
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